Obsolete rows request [storage mode]

[Brad Fitzpatrick]

We already have -k mode, which you call -M mode.  Same thing.

But depending on memcached to return those items later is kinda dangerous.
Too much like a database.

Plus you're thinking in the 1-memcached-server world.  Have you thought
how this would work with 40 memcached servers?

You might want to look into MySQL Cluster, if you really want this done
right.

- Brad


On Wed, 28 Sep 2005, Ilia Kantor wrote:

>
> Memcached could be very useful for session handling and a bunch of other
> problems if it allowed "external garbage collecting".
>
> So to say: I put memcached into "return error on memory exhausted" mode(so
> it is storage, not cache any more!) and can send a command to
> delete-and-return all items last used >3600 sec ago (or similar).
>
> Then I can perform any operations on obsolete rows.. Like copy
> last-visit/logs/aggregate information into DB.
>
> Such garbage collection issue seem to link well with memcached
> "storage-mode(-M)", how do you think ?
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